Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[BigOrange15]

Exactly. The high road isn't even on the map whenever it has come to sh!tting on us.

The moment Evan Russell was accused, on national TV, of being on drugs, was the moment "classy" fell from my want to. I have known for 30 years how easy it has been for EVERYONE to take their shots at us, laugh at us, and outright screw us...and, yes, I admit, we brought a lot of it onto ourselves; yet, I stayed tamed. Never again after the Russell shot; and, the fact the dude was allowed to still call games, let alone not fired...again, **** class!

Yeah, all these losers want to talk about how we should show some class while they talk non-stop **** about us and spent the last 15 years kicking us in the ribs every chance they got. Big no thanks on that one.

 

[VolNash17]

Steele's Power Rankings:
*I am only going to post the rankings for SEC teams, our opponents, and the teams above 120 points (means good team) so you can get an idea for where we fit nationally

Georgia 137.24
Ohio St 135.19
Alabama 135.16
Michigan 134.37
Penn St 132.44
LSU 131.84
USC 131.72
FSU 130.17
Notre Dame 129.74
Clemson 129.70
Texas 129.62
Tennessee 129.59
Oregon 129.19
Utah 128.64
Washington 127.78
Oklahoma 126.50
TCU 125.70
Texas A&M 124.94
Wisconsin 124.89
Oregon St 124.73
Kansas St 124.08
Iowa 123.94
Texas Tech 123.70
Ole Miss 123.44
UNC 121.40
Arkansas 120.82
South Carolina 120.76
Kentucky 120.41
UCLA 120.29
Florida 120.15
Illinois 120.11
Miss St 119.65
Auburn 119.25
Mizzou 117.09
UTSA 115.46
Vandy 109.46
Virginia 105.02
UConn 99.43

I know that some will get upset because of where we are ranked, but I actually gain confidence in our ranking knowing that we beat beat that same Clemson roster handily and destroyed LSU on the road. I'd probably put us more in the 132 range, but we're up there with the big dogs for the first time in a long time.

I think A&M and Ole Miss are also undervalued on this ranking.


Surprise Teams for 2023 - "These are the 12 teams that have a shot at stunning the NCAA":
1 Wisconsin
2 Texas A&M
3 Texas
4 Oregon
5 Washignton
6 Utah
7 Iowa
8 Oklahoma
9 Oregon St
10 UNC
11 TCU
12 Tennessee - they were nearly a surprise team last year as they were unranked int he preseason but were #1 in the CFB rankings and 8-0 when they lost at UGA. They were upset by SCar or likely would have been a playoff team. They lose their Heisman candidate at QB but replace him with super talented Joe Milton who did well in two starts and they have the best defense Heupel has fielded in his 3 years here. They do play Florid and Kentucky on the road and draw Bama and Texas A&M from the West, and of course play Georgia, but if Milton has a year close to what Hooker had they could surprise.
13 Pitt

Top Non-P5 Teams
1 UTSA

12th ranking is more than fair for this team. It remains below the 50% Blue Chip Ratio. Faces a few teams that are above the 50% point so 1-2 L’s are almost certain unless someone has magic dust sprinkled throughout. 9-3 10-2 range is likely what we’re looking at which isn’t terrible. Need another 10 win season to try and keep momentum for recruiting so eventually UT gets up there with the elite rosters in the sport

 

[RiseToTheTop]

The ol ratio is only going up and improving

sign me up

 

[drvenner]

Fielding errors killed us in that series. Seems we're playing better D now.

Very under-rated post. We are playing night and day better on D and it has made a huge difference

 

[UTK]

John Wilkerson is redemption for having to listen to Bob “turn of events” Kesling for 24 years now.

Damn get that man calling football games asap yo lol

 

[BigSteve09]

Steele's SEC Projections:

Tennessee picked to finish 2nd in the East


**They have Florida finishing fifth in the East this year


All-SEC Team
Bru McCoy 2nd Team WR
Joe Milton 3rd Team QB
Dee Williams 3rd Team PR
Jaylen Wright 4th Team RB
Cooper Mays 4th Team C
Omari Thomas 4th Team DT

**removed conference position rankings because there's something wrong with his data**


Tennessee Notes:
QB - Milton is in the Heisman mix in this offense.
RB - All three return making this one of the most underrated RB units in the SEC.
WR - The losses are heavy but this will still be a productive group.
OL - They still have 93 career starts and remain a top notch unit.
DL - They are in the same shape as last year.
LB - They get their #1 and #4 tacklers back and add a transfer, so this is still an experienced unit.
DB - Eight are back with starting experience and if they stay healthy they should make solid improvement.
ST - Should have another Top 35 finish.






Phil does talk to a lot of coaches and reporters around the country, so his projected depth chart is interesting:



He has Squirrel on the outside, Bru opposite, and Thornton in the slot

 

[Orange.]

If there is one thing losers are good at, it's losing.

The real UT in the real orange will be in Omaha.

Tejas College Steer, not so much.

 

[drvenner]

In winning both regionals, we went 5-1 on the road, with the last two wins being the toughest of environments, being treated poorly by the host team, enduring BS weather delays because the NCAA and ESPN hates us. Eff all them haters. Tennessee's true character was revealed and the rest of the world knows it and they cannot handle it. Eff 'em.

 

[Orangeburst]

Steele's SEC Projections:

Tennessee picked to finish 2nd in the East
View attachment 556751

All-SEC Team
Bru McCoy 2nd Team WR
Joe Milton 3rd Team QB
Dee Williams 3rd Team PR
Jaylen Wright 4th Team RB
Cooper Mays 4th Team C
Omari Thomas 4th Team DT

View attachment 556752


Tennessee Notes:
QB - Milton is in the Heisman mix in this offense.
RB - All three return making this one of the most underrated RB units in the SEC.
WR - The losses are heavy but this will still be a productive group.
OL - They still have 93 career starts and remain a top notch unit.
DL - They are in the same shape as last year.
LB - They get their #1 and #4 tacklers back and add a transfer, so this is still an experienced unit.
DB - Eight are back with starting experience and if they stay healthy they should make solid improvement.
ST - Should have another Top 35 finish.

View attachment 556754

What is up with team units having the same ranking order?

 

[Orange_Crush]

Yeah it was sarcasm…. Tony V and Frank Anderson are two of the best in the business.

 

[drvenner]

How virtuous. Which one of you sh!t-heaps is Dr Curry? You must have missed SM fans being "great" at throwing sh!t at Vitello's dad.

I guess ESPN is classless also because they showed it image first?

 

[BigSteve09]

What is up with team units having the same ranking order?

oh wow i didn't notice that at first. definitely an error he will need to fix

 

[franklinpence]

How virtuous. Which one of you sh!t-heaps is Dr Curry? You must have missed SM fans being "great" at throwing sh!t at Vitello's dad.

Hahahaha. Sh!t-heaps. I like that.

 

[Chuckie]

Steele's Power Rankings:
*I am only going to post the rankings for SEC teams, our opponents, and the teams above 120 points (means good team) so you can get an idea for where we fit nationally

Georgia 137.24
Ohio St 135.19
Alabama 135.16
Michigan 134.37
Penn St 132.44
LSU 131.84
USC 131.72
FSU 130.17
Notre Dame 129.74
Clemson 129.70
Texas 129.62
Tennessee 129.59
Oregon 129.19
Utah 128.64
Washington 127.78
Oklahoma 126.50
TCU 125.70
Texas A&M 124.94
Wisconsin 124.89
Oregon St 124.73
Kansas St 124.08
Iowa 123.94
Texas Tech 123.70
Ole Miss 123.44
UNC 121.40
Arkansas 120.82
South Carolina 120.76
Kentucky 120.41
UCLA 120.29
Florida 120.15
Illinois 120.11
Miss St 119.65
Auburn 119.25
Mizzou 117.09
UTSA 115.46
Vandy 109.46
Virginia 105.02
UConn 99.43

I know that some will get upset because of where we are ranked, but I actually gain confidence in our ranking knowing that we beat beat that same Clemson roster handily and destroyed LSU on the road. I'd probably put us more in the 132 range, but we're up there with the big dogs for the first time in a long time.

I think A&M and Ole Miss are also undervalued on this ranking.


Surprise Teams for 2023 - "These are the 12 teams that have a shot at stunning the NCAA":
1 Wisconsin
2 Texas A&M
3 Texas
4 Oregon
5 Washignton
6 Utah
7 Iowa
8 Oklahoma
9 Oregon St
10 UNC
11 TCU
12 Tennessee - they were nearly a surprise team last year as they were unranked int he preseason but were #1 in the CFB rankings and 8-0 when they lost at UGA. They were upset by SCar or likely would have been a playoff team. They lose their Heisman candidate at QB but replace him with super talented Joe Milton who did well in two starts and they have the best defense Heupel has fielded in his 3 years here. They do play Florid and Kentucky on the road and draw Bama and Texas A&M from the West, and of course play Georgia, but if Milton has a year close to what Hooker had they could surprise.
13 Pitt

Top Non-P5 Teams
1 UTSA

Steele's Power Poll - just the talent of the team

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Steele's Preseason Top 40 - where he predicts each team to finish the season, based on schedule and conference standings:
1 Georgia
2 Clemson
3 Michigan
4 Alabama
5 Ohio State
6 Penn St
7 USC
8 FSU
9 LSU
10 Notre Dame
11 Texas
12 Texas A&M
13 Wisconsin
14 Washington
15 Oregon
16 Utah
17 Iowa
18 Oregon St
19 Tennessee - Vols QB Joe Milton may be the most athletically gifted QB in the country and is in his third year of the offense. The defense is improved, they get Georgia at home in November and they were 11-2 last year.
20 Oklahoma
21 UNC
22 Toledo
23 Pitt
24 UTSA
25 TCU
26 Ole Miss
27 S Alabama
28 UCLA
29 Kansas St
30 Miami
31 S Carolina
32 SMU
33 Boise St
34 Tulane
35 Kentucky
36 Air Force
37 NC State
38 Illinois
39 Texas Tech
40 Maryland

Projected Scoring Offenses:
1 Georgia
2 Ohio St
3 Michigan
4 USC
5 Oregon
6 Tennessee (also #12 Total Offense)
7 SMU
8 Texas
9 FSU
10 Utah
11 Alabama
12 Washingotn
13 LSU
14 Ole Miss
15 WKU

Think I'm gonna take a break from VN to do some lighter reading, something like War and Peace.

 

[UTProf]

Steele's SEC Projections:

Tennessee picked to finish 2nd in the East
View attachment 556751

**They have Florida finishing fifth in the East this year


All-SEC Team
Bru McCoy 2nd Team WR
Joe Milton 3rd Team QB
Dee Williams 3rd Team PR
Jaylen Wright 4th Team RB
Cooper Mays 4th Team C
Omari Thomas 4th Team DT

**removed conference position rankings because there's something wrong with his data**


Tennessee Notes:
QB - Milton is in the Heisman mix in this offense.
RB - All three return making this one of the most underrated RB units in the SEC.
WR - The losses are heavy but this will still be a productive group.
OL - They still have 93 career starts and remain a top notch unit.
DL - They are in the same shape as last year.
LB - They get their #1 and #4 tacklers back and add a transfer, so this is still an experienced unit.
DB - Eight are back with starting experience and if they stay healthy they should make solid improvement.
ST - Should have another Top 35 finish.

View attachment 556754




Phil does talk to a lot of coaches and reporters around the country, so his projected depth chart is interesting:

View attachment 556758

He has Squirrel on the outside, Bru opposite, and Thornton in the slot

Everyone in the media is really down on Florida but I have a hard time believing that they're going to be that bad.

 

[Girth Brooks]

 

[bignewt]

America's greatest living writer, Cormac McCarthy passed away today. He was an immeasurable talent. RIP.

 

[UTProf]

America's greatest living writer, Cormac McCarthy passed away today. He was an immeasurable talent. RIP.

Damn. Knoxville has touched a ton of literary giants. Cormac's fame came late in life - for a very long time he was a writer's writer.

 

[SugarCC]

Hahahaha. Sh!t-heaps. I like that.

 

[SugarCC]

America's greatest living writer, Cormac McCarthy passed away today. He was an immeasurable talent. RIP.

Absolutely, RIP

 

[butchna]

Did the Atlantic name Nico?

No…but the ATHLETIC did.

 

[UTProf]

Rough month for Legendary Tennesseans - Tina and Cormac. Just damn. Somebody better check and make sure Dolly's ok.

 

[volbeast33]

How virtuous. Which one of you sh!t-heaps is Dr Curry? You must have missed SM fans being "great" at throwing sh!t at Vitello's dad.

@Ulysees E. McGill, imo……. He seems pretty sensitive to other people’s feelings.

 

[UTK]

@Ulysees E. McGill, imo……. He seems pretty sensitive to other people’s feelings.

It’s 2023. “Classy” is boring.

 

[UTSuave’]